As a former swabby, this just turns my stomach a thousand times worse than a winter’s transit out of Hampton Roads on a rounded-hull submarine! Surely, at a minimum, the Navy can jump in and do something about this, just to stall things long enough to kick-in an appeal for help… and I’d dare say that there are more than a fair share of Navy vets, myself among them, who stand ready to chip-in even in these difficult times to make sure that an integral part of our history doesn’t get torn from us. I keep thinking about that Navy recruiting poster with “Heritage” on it, and though the Constitution is the featured vessel, I can’t help but think of the Olympia and wonder just how seriously we can look at such posters when we let one of our own go like this!